11th-century King of Denmark, Norway, and England. Cnut the Great was born in 994 CE in what is now Denmark. Cnut the Great is remembered as a monarch and writer, a citizen of the Kingdom of Denmark and the North Sea Empire. Positions held included Monarch of England and Monarch of Denmark.
Before and after
- 980 CEBirth of Avicenna
- 985 CERajaraja I builds the Chola empire of southern India
- from 987 CE to 1791Kingdom of France
- 990 CEConstruction of Château de Montsoreau
- 994 CEBirth of Cnut the Great
- from 1000 to 1946Kingdom of Hungary
- from 1000 to 1300High Middle Ages
- from 10th century to 14th centurySeljuk dynasty
- from 1000 to 1200Rise of Romanesque art
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- from 711 CE to 1492Al-Andalus
- from 722 CE to 1492Reconquista
- 9th centuryHanbalism
- from 1096 to 1099First Crusade
- from 22 May 1455 to 16 June 1487Wars of the Roses
- 2 January 1492The fall of Granada ends Muslim rule in Spain
The era
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